2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 When Zola wrote ‘J’accuse!’ JEFF JACOBY [3/30/2008]   It is the most famous front page in the history of journalism. Its one-word headline - “J’accuse!” - is if anything even more renowned. On Jan. 13, 1898, the French newspaper L’Aurore published Emile Zola’s extraordinary 4,000-word open letter on the Dreyfus Affair, a travesty of justice in which an innocent captain in the French army, Alfred Dreyfus, had been convicted of treason and sentenced to solitary confinement for life on Devil's Island, a hellish penal colony off the coast of South America. Boston Globe In 'Darkness,' dance groups collaborate to explore theme of Armenian genocide Janine Parker [3/21/2008]   MEDFORD - In a bright rehearsal studio, a group of young dancers ends a rather dark scene: The characters are trying to escape unseen forces, and those that have "died" are gestured over, touched, and cradled in the others' arms. The room grows quiet; several older women looking on are moved by what they see. Soon the girls will be giggling and doing their homework on the sidelines - but for one moment, real time has stopped while this beautiful dream of a nightmare unfolds. Boston Globe Settling Dreyfus’s affairs at BU J’accuse Redux [3/14/2008]   It all started in October 1894, when an anonymous handwritten letter offering secret French military information was found in the wastebasket of a German military attaché. Viewed as an act of treason, the letter sparked a massive witch-hunt within the French army. Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish captain in the army’s general staff and a loyal patriot, was ultimately accused of authoring the bordereau. The Boston Phoenix Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and Sayat Nova Dance Company Out of Darkness [3/1/2008]   One of the dance world's foremost humanists, Liz Lerman remains serious about providing a forum for all sorts of people to disseminate their personal stories. The consequent, wide-ranging narratives associated with her choreography extend from joyful to gloomy, mysterious to concrete, and sometimes they even supersede the theatrical outcome of the resulting dances. ExploreDance.com